Tour overview

Duration: 7 to 11 Hours

Montepulciano is a beautiful medieval & renaissance hill town in southern Tuscany, which known for its rolling hills.  Montepulicano is also considered to be a gastronomic mecca of Tuscany.  This is also where you’ll find the production vineyards of the world-renowned Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, from the local Prugnolo Gentile grape it among other grapes are blended to create sublime wines, of which the Nobile is considered by wine connoisseurs worldwide to be the best of Italy’s wines.  The grape makes red wines that are fruity, spicy, and delicious.

The local grape is often used to make wines that have been aged for 10 years or more. To be able to produce the best wines, it is very important to let the grapes hang longer than other varieties of wine grapes.

Your Tuscan experience begins today with a 9:00am pickup at your hotel, where your English-speaking driver will meet you for your day in Tuscany.  A great wine tasting experience awaits today, where overall you’ll taste 8 different wines between two different wineries of the region.  You’ll have free time on own in the amazing town of Montepulciano for one hour, and nice lunch will be included in a local trattoria.  Then is evening you’ll return to your hotel.

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Hotel Pickups in region include in: Rome, Florence, Siena/Arezzo region of Tuscany

Length of activities varies according to your departing location.

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  • Private English-speaking driver & all transportation
  • Wine tastings (2)  & Lunch

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